Staffers working as part of a CDC program that monitors and investigates cruise ship outbreaks were recently laid off, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

It's a bad year to be brought low on the high seas, with a new Norovirus strain colliding with significant cuts among the ...

The CDC's Vessel Sanitation Program (VSP), which inspects cruise ships, has been impacted by recent staffing cuts at the Department of Health and Human Services. While ship inspections will continue, ...

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In a move that feels like cutting your brakes on the way down a hill, the CDC laid off its entire team from the Vessel Sanitation Program this week. Unfortunately, the cuts happened just as another ...

The CDC cut employees from its Vessel Sanitation Program this week, even as a cruise ship arrived days ago with another ...

The cruise ship industry finances the team to pay for the required two visits to larger ships at least twice a year. In 2025, ...

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There’s been a lot of buzz about cruise ship health inspections going away because of job cuts. But is it really true? If you ...

The Trump administration’s health secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., has laid off all full-time staff from the CDC’s Vessel ...

The program responsible for overseeing the cleanliness of cruise ships has been gutted, but the CDC believes layoffs will not ...